scholarly journals Retaining Homeless Veterans in Outpatient Care: A Pilot Study of Mobile Phone Text Message Appointment Reminders

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (S4) ◽  
pp. S588-S594 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Keith McInnes ◽  
Beth Ann Petrakis ◽  
Allen L. Gifford ◽  
Sowmya R. Rao ◽  
Thomas K. Houston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Outpatient Care ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Homeless Veterans

A Pilot Study of Mobile Telephone Message Interventions with Suicide Attempters in China

Crisis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Chen ◽  
Brian L. Mishara ◽  
Xiao Xian Liu
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quick Method ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
To Receive

Background: In China, where follow-up with hospitalized attempters is generally lacking, there is a great need for inexpensive and effective means of maintaining contact and decreasing recidivism. Aims: Our objective was to test whether mobile telephone message contacts after discharge would be feasible and acceptable to suicide attempters in China. Methods: Fifteen participants were recruited from suicide attempters seen in the Emergency Department in Wuhan, China, to participate in a pilot study to receive mobile telephone messages after discharge. All participants have access to a mobile telephone, and there is no charge for the user to receive text messages. Results: Most participants (12) considered the text message contacts an acceptable and useful form of help and would like to continue to receive them for a longer period of time. Conclusions: This suggests that, as a low-cost and quick method of intervention in areas where more intensive follow-up is not practical or available, telephone messages contacts are accessible, feasible, and acceptable to suicide attempters. We hope that this will inspire future research on regular and long-term message interventions to prevent recidivism in suicide attempters.

A pilot study: dose adaptation of capecitabine using mobile phone toxicity monitoring — supporting patients in their homes

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 2677-2685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Weaver ◽  
Sharon B. Love ◽  
Mark Larsen ◽  
Milensu Shanyinde ◽  
Rachel Waters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Dose Adaptation ◽  
Toxicity Monitoring ◽  
Study Dose

Healthy diet text message-based intervention in adults with CKD: a pilot study

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Bruinius ◽  
Mary Hannan ◽  
Mustafa Kagalwalla ◽  
Muftawu-Deen Iddrisu ◽  
Celestin Missikpode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Healthy Diet

Structured uncertainty: a pilot study on innovation in China’s mobile phone handset industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1168-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Tang ◽  
Michael Murphree ◽  
Dan Breznitz
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Structured Uncertainty

A pilot study of mobile phone-based therapy for obese patients

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Morak ◽  
Karin Schindler ◽  
Evelin Goerzer ◽  
Peter Kastner ◽  
Hermann Toplak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Obese Patients

scholarly journals Diabetes Text-Message Self-Management Support Program (SMS4BG): A Pilot Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosie Dobson ◽  
Karen Carter ◽  
Richard Cutfield ◽  
Ashley Hulme ◽  
Richard Hulme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Management Support

scholarly journals Development and Local Contextualization of Mobile Health Messages for Enhancing Disease Management Among Community-Dwelling Stroke Patients in Rural China: Multimethod Study

10.2196/15758 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e15758
Author(s):  
Enying Gong ◽  
Wanbing Gu ◽  
Erdan Luo ◽  
Liwei Tan ◽  
Julian Donovan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Secondary Prevention ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Dispatching Algorithm ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background Rural China has experienced an increasing health burden because of stroke. Stroke patients in rural communities have relatively poor awareness of and adherence to evidence-based secondary prevention and self-management of stroke. Mobile technology represents an innovative way to influence patient behaviors and improve their self-management. Objective This study is part of the System-Integrated Technology-Enabled Model of Care (the SINEMA trial) to improve the health of stroke patients in resource-poor settings in China. This study aimed to develop and pilot-test a mobile phone message–based package, as a component of the SINEMA intervention. Methods The SINEMA trial was conducted in Nanhe County, Hebei Province, China. A total of 4 villages were selected for pretrial contextual research and pilot study. The 5 stages for developing the mobile phone messages were as follows: (1) conducting literature review on existing message banks and analyzing the characteristics of these banks; (2) interviewing stroke patients and caregivers to identify their needs; (3) drafting message contents and designing dispatching algorithms for a 3-month pilot testing; (4) collecting feedback from pilot participants through questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews on facilitators and barriers related to their acceptance and understanding of messages; and (5) finalizing the message-based intervention based on participants’ feedback for the SINEMA trial. Results On the basis of 5 existing message banks screened out of 120 papers and patients’ needs identified from 32 in-depth interviews among stroke patients and caregivers, we developed a message bank containing 224 messages for a pilot study among 54 community-dwelling stroke patients from 4 villages. Of 54 participants, 51 (response rate: 94.4%) completed the feedback survey after receiving daily messages for 3 months. Participants’ mean age was 68 years (SD 9.2), and about half had never been to school. We observed a higher proportion of participants who were in favor of voice messages (23/42, 54%) than text messages (14/40, 35%). Among participants who received voice messages (n=43) and text messages (n=40), 41 and 30, respectively, self-reported a full or partial understanding of the contents, and 39 (39/43, 91%) and 32 (32/40, 80%), respectively, rated the messages as helpful. Analyses of the 32 interviews further revealed that voice messages containing simple and single-theme content, in plain language, with a repeated structure, a slow playback speed, and recorded in local dialect, were preferred by rural stroke patients. In addition, the dispatching algorithm and tools may also influence the acceptance of message-based interventions. Conclusions By applying multiple methodologies and conducting a pilot study, we designed and fine-tuned a voice message–based intervention package for promoting secondary prevention among community-dwelling stroke patients in rural China. Design of the content and dispatching algorithm should engage both experts and end users and adequately consider the needs and preferences of recipients.

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